Lady&#39;s breeches



P 1930. K. J. BERNSTEIN 1,754,595

LADY'S BREECHES Filed Jan. 28, 1928 I III mnlmmdl I pwemraf PatentedApr. 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i KURT JOSE]: BEBNSTEIN, OFGHEMNITZ, GERMANY, ASSIGNOB '10 I ABSCHEL FRANK I SACHSAKTIENGESELLSCEAFT IN CHEMNITZ, OF CHEMNITZ, GERMANY LADY S BREECHESApplication filed January 28, 1928, Serial No. 250,311, and in GermanyFebruary 6, 1927.

This invention pertains to ladies breeches, and more particularly toshort-legged breeches of the so-called knicker ty e comprising outerbreeches and inner reeches 5 united by sewing to form a pair of lines ordouble breeches.

The object of this invention is to provide a pair of breeches of thekind stated, with the inner breeches adapted to be easily removed orpartially drawn out so that the same orthe crotch or major portionthereof will be ready for washing an cleansing without wetting the outerbreeches.

A pair of breeches made according to the present invention may bemanufactured from one and the same material, but preferably difi'erentmaterial for the lining and the outer breeches are employed.

In some cases I employ outer breeches comprising a stylish textilefabric made of silk or artificial silk on the outer side and a tight orstout cloth or fabric made of cotton or woolen material on the inside.Preferably, however I use Egyptian cotton or cottoncloth covered with anartificial silk fabric or interwoven therewith for manufacturing theouterbreeches, so that the latter will not be translucent and the innerbreeches will not shine through, no matter what colour they may have.A-further advantage resides in the high grade of durability of acompound material of the sort.

In carrying out the invention the two pairs of breeches are sewntogether, preferably at certain places only, and it has been found to beparticularly useful to stitch together only the waist-bands of the twopairs of breeches and the edges or ends of the legs thereof so that theintermediate or major portion, inclusive of the crotch part of the inneror lining breeches, can be readily drawn out with out requiringunstitching.

It is true,'that double breeches are known in which the outer breechesconsist of a fabric made of silk or artificial silk and lined with amaterial of cloth or the like united therewlth by knittin or weaving andsubsequently sub ected to'a nishing operation of napplng or dresslng theinner surfaces thereof. In *contradistinction thereto breeches madeaccording to the resent invention are more practical both rom thestandpoint of the manufacturer and from the standpoint of the user,since, it is believed, they may be manufactured at a comparatively lowcost and in a more advantageous manner, and have importantdistinguishing characteristics of their own, such as a erfectl smoothand fittlng seat and the ready detac ability of the inner breeches forcleansing purposes.

Another advantage of the breeches made according to the presentinvention resides in the fact that they may be manufactured of twodifferent materials, so that the outer breeches consist for instance ofa comparatively less durable, but stylish fabric of pleasing appearance,such as artificial silk or mercerized cotton, whereas the inner orlining breeches may be made of a durable, washable itl'llid warm fabricsuch as lining tricot or the In a preferred embodiment, wherein, ashereinbefore stated, certain parts of the breeches only are sewntogether, the inner breeches are free and ada ted to be drawn out and tobe cleaned or was ed without requiring to be detached from the outerbreeches and without wetting the latter or otherwise injuring the same.Obviously by joining the outer breeches and the inner breeches togetherat a few places or by means of a few seams only, the outer breeches arenot unduly affected or impaired and a well fitting article of clothingwill still be obtained.

With the above recited object in view, reference is had to the followingspecification and drawings in which there is exhibited one example orembodiment of the invention which is in no way intended as a limitationupon the scope of the appended claim and it 00 Fi re 2 is a similar viewwith the inner breec es drawn out as may be done for cleanin purposes.

in the drawings a designates the outer breeches 6 denotes the inner orlining breeches,

0 indicates the waist-bands sewed together to and e are similar lists orseams formed sewing together the edges of the legs of the outer breechesand the mner breeches, and f and g are the openings of the legs in isthe 'unction or crotch ortion of the outer reeches and i is the 1i 0portion of the inner or lining breeches.

It will be apparent that while the waistbands and the edges of the legsof the outer breeches and the inner breeches are sewn toggher, theintermediate parts'thereof are pertly loose and independent of oneanother, although they will lie in superposed contact with one another.A pair of breeches made in this way will always maintain their shapeandv fit the'seat while being worn and even after washing, no matterwhether the inner or lining breeches alone or both the inner and theouter breeches have been washed. If it is desired to clean or wash themedian or crotch portion of the inner breeches alone the same may beturned or drawn out as mentioned above;

If the two, pairs of breeches are united by sewing throu bout, thestitches or seams must be unstitche for the purpose of detaching andremoving the inner breeches from the outer breeches for cleaning orwashing purposes. This may also be done if the two pairs of breeches aresewn together partially only, but in this case it is not necessary to doso form a single circumferential edge or list,bd y

I since the inner breeches may be cleaned or washed without requirin tobe detached from the outer breeches, simp y by drawing them, or moreproperly speaking the crotch portion thereof, out and cleaning orwashing the same in any suitable manner.

The drawing-out operation is efl'ected by turning out the junction orcrotch portion of the inner breeches, so that the lists or seams of thelegs are drawn in so as to lie in close proximity to the waist-band, theprojecting part of the inner or lining breeches being shaped like apouch having two muff-like openings or channels; and this projecting ormain part of the inner breeches may be

